Biographical sketch of George Orin Pitkin, before 1938.

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Biographical sketch of George Orin Pitkin, before 1938.

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Brief biography of George Orin Pitkin, which also gives accounts of Joseph Smith and Joseph Grafton Hovey. The biography opens with an account of Pitkin's father George White Pitkin, the family's move from Vermont to Ohio sometime before 1829, and George White Pitkin's conversion to the Mormon Church in 1831. It continues with the birth of George Orin Pitkin in 1837, the family's move from Far West to Pike County, Illinois, and finally Nauvoo in 1839, their journey to Utah in 1848, George White Pitkin's polygamy, the Pitkins' settlement of Millville in 1860, the battle of Battle Creek, and daily life in Utah.

1 bound typescript, 21 pages.

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